Motor vehicle signal



Feb, 19, 1935.

w. GALLOWAY MOTOR VEHICLE SIGNAL Filed Oct. 11, 1952 1 Illlllllllllll 3:: r

5. is to provide a motor vehicle signal by means of which-the driver of a motorvehicle may indi-' cate to drivers following and totraflic oflicers his Patented Feb. 19, 1935 UNITED STATES PATEN orric E invention relatesto signal devices and pertains particularly to a signalfor-use upon a motor vehicle.

The primary object of the present invention intention to make a turn, whichsi'gnal is adapted tobe operated either by the hand or by the foot of the driver or'when properly locatedin the vehicle it can be operated at the same time as the clutch pedal of the machine.

Another object of the invention is'to provide a motor-vehicle signal desig'nedparticularly for use 1 upon closed motor'vehicles of the Sedan or coupe type and to be mounted in the top structure thereof so that when it is not in use it will be substantially completely hidden from View.

Still another object of the-invention is to provide a motor vehiclesig'nalforuse in vehiclesof the type above stated, in which novel means for mounting the same is employed and anovel means is employed" for actuating or moving the signal to operative position. i

mark no material departure n m the salient" features of the invention as expressed in the ap-.

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In the drawing:-

Figure 1 is a view in elevation of the inner face of the frame of a door-of a'clos'ed motor vehicle showing the signal structure embodying the present invention mounted therein, the signal being shown in operative or signalling position; a

Figure 2 is a sectional view taken substantially upon the line 2-7-2 of Figure 1; v

Figure 3 is'a'sectional view taken substantially upon the line 33 of Figure 1, the same being on an enlarged scale;

Figure 4 is a view partly in section and partly in elevation on an enlarged scale of the incandescent light receptacle of the signal; i

Figure 5 is a sectionalview taken substantially upon the line 5--5 of Figure 1;

: Figure 6 is a detailedperspective view of a left hand frontcorner' ofaclosed motor vehicle showing the positionoccupied by'the signal;

Figure '7 is a view upon an enlarged scale in The invention will be best understood from a consideration of'the following detaileddescri'pjamb andthis end of the arm is provided with V the side facesof the arm. The molding is provided with the two passageways 11 which lead elevation of aportion of-a vehicle body showing the appearanceof thepresent invention when viewed from the exterior of the vehicle;

Figure 8 is an enlarged'sectional view. taken substantially upon the line 8- -8 of Figure 6;

Referring now more particularlytofthe drawing wherein like numeralsofr eference indicate corresponding. parts throughout the several views, the numeral l indicates generally the corner portion of a closed-motorvehicle; of the sedan or f coupe type'wherein the front door isindicated by the numeral 2 and'the'front'frame or jamb of the door-is indicated by the numeralfi. "The present signal structure *is designed to be positioned in a pocket or recess f formed in theforg ward edge face of the door-2 which is "hinged to the jamb 3, againstwhich itabutswheri closed position. I The signal structure is so designed that when it is in'inoperative position a portion thereof will replacea part of thedoor structure which has been cut away, as shown in Figure 6. 'I'he'cut away portion 4 of the "door extends through the flange portionfiwhich normally extends from the door over a portion of the side face'of the body.'

The signal proper'comprises an arm '7 which is of greater width 'tha'nthickness and this is adapted to enter the recess 4 in Tthe door of the vehicle. Thewidth of the arm extends from the front to the rear of the recess and the thickness thereof is less than the depth of the V recess from the face of the'doorinwardly.

The upper end of the arm is pivotally mounted upon a'bolt 8 secured in the face of the door an inward extension or' finger 9 which projects into the interior of the vehicle and constitutes a means by which the arm may be manually swung outwardly 'infthe event that the foot op-' erating means therefonfails to work. 7 Y

The outer longitudinal edge of the arm 7 has a molding 10 therealong from'its free endto a point short of the upper endthereof and this molding as'shownin Figure 3 projects beyond from the inner end'thereofforwardly and termi-' nate over and open into a chamber 12 formed in the arm and opening through the two side faces thereof as shown in Figures 1 and 4. 'Inthis chamber 12 is an incandescent bulb socket 13 in which a signal lamp 14 ismounted and the passages 11 have electric wires 15 running therethrough and connecting at their'forward ends with the usual contacts of the socket 13 and at treadle whereby upon actuation of the latter the arm will be swung outwardly to signalling posi tion.

4. In a vehicle having a top structure including a corner post, and a door opening in the structure, a door in the opening, a recess in said door opening outwardly therefrom and its upper end opening into the interior of the vehicle, an arm member normally disposed in said recess, a

10 supporting pin secured in the comer post and passing through and pivotally supporting said arm whereby the latter may be swung outwardly from the recess to a signalling position, a finger extending laterally from the upper end of the arm into the vehicle for facilitating the hand actuation of the arm, and means coupled with the arm whereby an occupant of the vehicle may actuate the arm by means of his foot. y

WALTER E. GALLOWAY. 

